Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Baltimore Orioles (0-2) @ Kansas City Royals (2-0) Kauffman Stadium - Tuesday, October 14, 2014 American League Championship Series - Game #3 TBS, MLB International, KCSP Radio (610 Sports) & ESPN Radio UPCOMING SCHEDULE (Probables with Postseason statistics) Game #4 - Wednesday, October 15 vs. Baltimore Orioles: TBA vs. TBA, 3:07 p.m. (CDT), TBS, ESPN Radio & 610 Sports Game #5 (if necessary) Thursday, October 16 vs. Baltimore Orioles: TBA vs. TBA, 3:07 p.m. (CDT), TBS, ESPN Radio & 610 Sports Game #6 (if necessary) - Friday, October 17 @ Baltimore Orioles: TBA vs. TBA, 7:07 p.m. (CDT), TBS, ESPN Radio & 610 Sports Game #7 (if necessary) - Saturday, October 18 @ Baltimore Orioles: TBA vs. TBA, 7:07 p.m. (CDT), TBS, ESPN Radio & 610 Sports This series is being broadcast on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network with Royals’ Hall of Famer Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart, while Don Free controls the dials as the producer/engineer...the ALCS is being televised nationally on TBS with Ernie Johnson Jr., Cal Ripken Jr., Ron Darling and Matt Winer...each game is also being televised by MLB International with Gary Thorne and Kansas City’s own Rick Sutcliffe...every game is also being broadcast nationally on ESPN Radio with Jon “Boog” Sciambi and Chris Singleton. THE 2014 KANSAS CITY ROYALS POST-SEASON GUIDE IS AVAILABLE ON-LINE AT MLBPRESSBOX.COM Royals vs. Orioles LATE RUNS PROVIDE A KC FIRST--The Royals return to Kauffman Stadium with their first-ever 2-0 Kansas City returns to “The K” after a 2-0 stop in Baltimore, lead in an American League Championship Series, posting a 6-4 win in Baltimore on Saturday...KC plated running the season mark to 4-1 in Camden Yards in 2014...the a pair in the ninth to avoid extra innings for just the second time in the six postseason games played to date, Royals and O’s split the 4-game series they played here in mid- with Alcides Escobar breaking the 4-4 tie with a double, followed by a Lorenzo Cain single...Cain finished May...the regular season and now postseason results: Saturday with the third 4-hit game in Kansas City postseason history, with the other two belonging to none Date Site Score WP LP Att. 4/25 @ Bal W, 5-0 Ventura Jimenez 22,478 other than Hall of Famer George Brett...Wade Davis picked up his second-straight win, while Greg Holland 4/26 @ Bal L, 2-3 (10) Britton Duffy 34,941 notched his second save of the series and fourth of the postseason...the Royals won their sixth-straight game 4/27 @ Bal W, 9-3 Shields Gonzalez 38,368 of this postseason (ninth overall), with five of those wins coming in KC’s last at-bat. 5/15 KC L, 1-2 Chen Ventura 12,455 5/16 KC L, 0-4 Tillman Guthrie 25,985 BETTER LATE THAN NEVER--Since the eighth inning of the Wild Card Game here against Oakland 5/17 KC W, 1-0 Duffy Norris 24,064 two weeks ago tonight, the Royals have scored 15 runs from the eighth inning on, winning four games in 5/18 KC W, 8-6 Shields Jimenez 22,692 extra innings and scoring a pair in the ninth on Saturday for the win in Baltimore...the only contest that KC American League Championship Series hasn’t plated a run in the eighth or beyond was the 8-3 ALDS clincher here against the Angels...Kansas City 10/10 @ Bal W, 8-6 (10) Davis O’Day 47,124 is the first team in Major League Baseball to win four extra-inning games in one postseason. 10/11 @ Bal W, 6-4 Davis O’Day 46,912 10/14 KC POSTSEASON WINNING STREAK--It’s been 29 years in the making, but the Royals now have a 9-game 10/15 KC postseason winning streak, including a 6-0 mark this year...the last time Kansas City trailed at the end of an inning was after the eighth frame of the Wild Card game here vs. Oakland, when the A’s held a 7-6 advantage...since KC rallied to tie the game in the ninth and then ultimately win it in the 12th, the Royals have not trailed for 45 consecutive innings...Kansas City won its last three games of the 1985 World Series and then open its return to postseason play on September 30 this season with the win over the A’s in the Wild Card Game, and then took all three games of the ALDS over the Angels, two in extra innings, before winning twice in Baltimore...the 9-game streak is tied for sixth on the all-time list with the 2007-08 Red Sox...the Royals are the first club to win their first six games of a postseason since Colorado reeled off seven in a row to open the 2007 playoffs which propelled them to their only World Series appearance. GET COMFORTABLE--Apparently winning takes time, as the Royals have played 8 hours and 54 minutes of baseball in the first two games of this series against the Orioles, averaging 4:27 per contest...in the six postseason games to this point, Kansas City has averaged 4:12 per game, with the “fastest” affair a 3:38 minute win in the ALDS clincher against the Angels, the only contest that didn’t have a bottom of the ninth, while the 12-inning Wild Card win over Oakland took 4:45 to complete. FOUR RUNS STILL THE KEY--The Royals have put up some phenomenal numbers when the offense has been able to get at least four runs across the plate in a game over the last two seasons, and this postseason has been no different...Kansas City is 6-0 to this point and has scored at least four times in five of the six games, the only one without scoring four was the 3-2, 11-inning win in Anaheim in Game #1 of the ALDS...during the regular season, KC was 69-14 when scoring at least four runs and combined with last year (64-14), the Royals are 105 games over .500 during the regular season when scoring at least four runs (133-28). ROAD WARRIORS--The 4-0 road mark this postseason is consistent with the regular season as the Royals saved their best work for the road this year going 47-34 away from ‘The K’, five wins better than Kansas City totaled at home this year (42-39)...the road year turned around in Chicago, as KC entered play on July 22 in Chicago with a 26-25 record away from ‘The K’, but then reeled off a 21-9 record in road tilts, matching the Angels for the most road wins since that date...Kansas City was 8-1-1 in its last 10 road series played...the 47 road wins were the third most in franchise history and one win behind the ‘77 club for second highest success rate away from home. TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS (2014 Season): LHP Wei-Yin Chen (16-6, 3.54) vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (13-11, 4.13) 2014 2013 Career 2014 2013 Career Wei-Yin Chen vs. Royals 1-0 - 1-1 Major League Record 16-6 (3.54 ERA) 7-7 35-24 Jeremy Guthrie vs. Orioles 0-1 2-0 2-1 Major League Record 13-11 (4.13 ERA) 15-12 83-100 JEREMY GUTHRIE makes his postseason debut tonight, facing one of his former teams...once an Oriole, Jeremy has pitched against Baltimore four times in his career, including twice this season, going 2-1 with a 2.67 ERA...he’s in the second year of a 3-year deal after being acquired from Colorado for Jonathan Sanchez on July 20, 2012. A WINNER IN THE CLINCHER--Jeremy last worked on September 26, tossing 7.0 shutout innings in the Royals’ 3-1 triumph at U.S. Cellular Field, which wrapped up Kansas City’s playoff spot...the veteran righty allowed no runs on 4 hits with a walk and 6 strikeouts in the outing, firing 93 pitches...it was his longest scoreless outing of the season...before Guthrie had even thrown a pitch in Chicago, his offense staked him to a 3-0 lead, thanks to RBI hits from Nori Aoki, Lorenzo Cain and Billy Butler in the top of the first...the win was Jeremy’s 13th of the year and 33rd since joining the Royals mid-season in 2012...his 33 victories are the ninth-most in the American League in that span, one shy of teammate James Shields and Angels’ lefty C.J. Wilson (34), who are tied for seventh. AGE IS JUST A NUMBER--At 35 years, 189 days old, Jeremy will become the eldest Royal to start a postseason game, passing the late Paul Splittorff, who made his final postseason start on October 10, 1980 at Yankee Stadium (Game 3 - ALCS) at 34 years, 2 days...Guthrie is also the oldest starting pitcher to make his postseason debut since former Mets righty Steve Trachsel (35 years, 341 days) did it in Game 3 of the 2006 National League Division Series vs. the Dodgers (Oct. 7). DEALING DOWN THE STRETCH--Guthrie was 8-2 over his final 12 starts, with the win total tying him for second in the A.L. from July 26 on, trailing only L.A.’s Matt Shoemaker (9)...he was named the Royals Pitcher of the Month for September after going 3-1 with a 2.40 ERA over 5 outings, including a 0.89 ERA at home.